TALLY ROOM PROCEDURES
The purposes of the Tally Room are:
Overseer and Club Representatives
The Overseer and Club Representatives must be
certified in Tally Room Procedures and Scoring System Rules.
Overseer
The host club should provide the overseer. The
Overseer is the person that watches the judges to make sure that
they are doing their duty, and may recommend that a judge's
scores be eliminated for misconduct (i.e., not paying attention
to the dancers, talking, etc.). The Overseer watches the judges,
collects the scores, and oversees the final tabulation of the
scores in the Tally Room.
Club Representative
Each club in the association may participate in the
Tally Room process by providing a certified Club Representative.
The club may provide a Club Representative even if they do not
have any dancers in the contest. A club is allowed to have
different Club Representatives for the various contests. However,
the Club Representative must not have danced or judged in the
contest that they are representing. This specifically allows Club
Representatives to dance in other contests or to judge other
contests as long as it is not the contest in which they are
serving as Club Representative.
Collection and Tabulation of Scores
The judges will use "single sheet"
scoring. It is up to the host club to determine the form and
method of "single sheet" scoring.
Immediately after the last couple has danced, the Overseer will collect all score sheets from the judges. The Club Representatives and the Overseer will then proceed to the Tally Room for final tabulation. The scores must be evaluated after each contest.
Tally Room Equipment
The Tally Room should be provided with the
following:
Referee Judge's Scores
The Referee Judge's scores will not be revealed to
any of the Club Representatives until they are needed to either
break a tie in the final results or to replace the scores of an
Overall Performance Judge. It is acceptable to enter the
Referee Judge's scores into the computer. They must not be used
in any other matters. For example, do not use the Referee Judge's
scores to see what would happen if an Overall Performance Judge's
scores were eliminated.
Scrutiny of Relative Placements
The Overseer and Club Representatives will
scrutinize the relative placements as to favoritism or prejudice
by the trend of the other judges and by club affiliation. The
Overseer and Club Representatives will look for:
The following information is an explanation provided by Terry Rippa with respect to Tally Room Procedures. This information is not part of the procedures, but is a subjective part of the process.
[Any scores outside of two standard deviations
is flagged (highlighted).
A contest with contestants and judges from many different areas
of the country usually increases the standard deviation, as
opposed to a more local or regional contest, because styles and
opinions vary more.
For example, if in the contest at hand, the computer calculates
that the standard deviation is 1.5, two standard deviations would
be three. If Judge D gave Couple #3-6th place and their placement
was 2nd, the judge was 4 placements off, one more than the two
standard deviations of three. This placement (6th) would be
flagged. If Judge D gave Couple #5-1st place and their placement
was 6th, the judge was 5 placements off, two more than the two
standard deviations of three. This placement (1st) would also be
flagged and the judge's scores scrutinized.
If a judge has two flags in any given contest, particularly in
the trophy/money placements, their scores are likely to be
removed (thrown out).
To facilitate easy scrutiny, the "away place" are
printed underneath the actual judge's placements on the complete
printout of placements. In the example above, underneath
placement "6" (Judge D, Couple #3) would be a 4;
underneath placement "1" (Judge D, Couple #5) would be
a 5. Knowing the numerical value of twice the standard deviation,
it is easy to spot "away places" greater than 3.
Another aspect to be considered is whether or not a judge's flag
was in the trophy/money placements. If there are 15 contestants
but only 5 winning placements and a judge is flagged for a
placement outside of roughly 8 placements (ie, the judge placed a
couple 10th and they got
15th and his score was flagged), consideration should be given to
its relavancy to the top placements.
Terry Rippa]
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